Ein stumpfer Stich - "Science" zieht gegen Open Access zu Felde | Forschung Aktuell | Deutschlandfunk

[From Google's English] "Although the results of the self-test of 'science' reporter John Bohannonare sobering: to infer from this that Open Access is an inferior form of publication is at least premature. Because open access is not equal to Open Access. The basic idea is to make scientific articles free of charge and immediately everyone and every woman available, can be realized in different ways, says Dr. John Fournier:'We distinguish the implementation of open access in principle two different ways, one speaks of the so-called golden path and the so-called green road to Open Access. ' Fournier is responsible for the promotion of open access projects for the German Research Foundation. The DFG supports Open Access publishing, because she believes ultimately be able to increase the quality of the research: 'The golden path is defined as the process that a product is directly related to its appearance in a magazine for readers on the Internet free of charge accessible ..."